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Just wanted to know why protests are still continuing? Aren't Police involved with the incident are charged?

>>itsbit+(OP)
Some people claim it is in part due to decades of injustice with more lip service than real change from politicians of all political stripes.

>>itsbit+(OP)
The one officer who was immediately involved has been charged; the other three have not. However this case is more of the straw that broke the camel's back. It's freshest in our minds and is the face of the protests, but as a whole the protests represent decades of tensions boiling over.

>>itsbit+(OP)
A dozen more people have died on all sides and combinations so now it's self-perpetuating chain reaction into civil war.

>>itsbit+(OP)
Because charging the individuals does not mean things will change. It won't mean they get a conviction, and it doesn't mean the police force will reorganize, demilitarize, retrain to use less force, or become not racist.

And the other side hasn't de-escalated either, with the president deploying the military. Earlier you could at least hold the police using excessive force accountable - assuming they didn't hide their badge number, which some did. Now, there's faceless, badgeless (not even an indication what branch of the military they're from) soldiers stepping in.

The protesters demand change, not a few individuals being held accountable. For every Floyd that died, there's hundreds if not thousands more of unjust incidents.